Hand-truck.



No. VME-7%. PA ENTRE JULY il, 1905,

` 0. MAGFARLANEE HAND TRK.

APPLIOATIGN mmm um 16,1904.

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lml lll-ll lllll lill e lll tl tu, lit L SPECIFICA'lil' Forming part et Letters Patent No. llflllt, (Fluted l'uly d, 1905.

Applinntion filed August 15,1904. Sillltl NI). 220,748.

To rl,/f// 11i/1:0111: it ln/fly; nono/Brit:

lle it known thzLt l (lswnm) ltluorAnmNr1, ol' Vllort Vlfilliem, `lhoviruse ot nterio, llo ininion of (l:L1'1:Ld:L, lewe invented eertzLin new :Lnd uselul Vllnprovelnents in llend -flrruel s; :Lnd l do hereby deehLre thzLt the Following is :L l'| ill, olezLr, :Lnd exuet deseription of the seine.

lilly invention reletes purteuhLrly to ruil wzLy or wurelmuse trucks; :,nd it hns For its object to provide truehs ol. this type with n1 rens lor preventing the :Leenn1nlzLtion ol dirt on its wheels.

'lhe invention nmy be szLd, briefly, to eensist of :L serzLper :LdjustzLbly inounted upon the freine olE the true c :nd :Ldnpted to be ezLused to beur upon the perin1eterot the wheels :Lnd present :L seruping' edge thereto, sueh sernper being' olf pertieulfLr construction.

For l'ull eonuirel1ension however, o l? 111y in.n Vention reference lnust be hed to th i :Leeon1- pnnyi11gdrewings, l'or|11ing:L pei-tol this speci' lieulon7 in whieh silnihu' re lferenee eluLrueters iluliezLte the seine ports, :Lnd wherein- Figure 1 is :L plztn View ot' the under side ollv :L trueh 1 11ovided with my invention. Fig. 2 :L longitudinal Vertienl seetionel View teken on line A A, Fig. le; :uid Vlllig. P is :L trzL11syerse vertie-:il seetiorlul View teken on line ll ll, Fig. l, l`ig. 4l; is perspeetivi.: View o lAl the st-,rzLping portion.

My improved seruper consists ol' :1y tongue .f/ :Lt one end, such eross-pieee hzLVhigits outer edge sherpened to :1, l '11ileedge,:\s :Lt while :L p:Lir oli' b1:u;i11g-strips f extend re:Lrw:`Lr ,lly |ron'1 the opposite eudsolI this eross-pieee :Lnd psu-:hel tothe tongue j'. llhe tongue isslotted hingitiulinnlly7 :LS :Lt in position to eoineide with the reerinost erossdnu' of the truelv freine7 :Lnd :L bolt fn, having :L squere neel; nl, l

is inserted d 1wnwzLrdly through the tongue :Lnd through :L tl-sluuied st up f/ upon the uuder side o'l" the seid eross-pieee :Lnd hes :L butterlly-nnt o threaded thereonnrhile the tongue is guideifl in sueh til-shaped strep :Lnd silnihLr strzLps upon the under side ol the eross-b1Lrs l. "lhese st eps :1re secured in pluee by bolts et, :1nd they retein the scraper againstluternl displueeinent :1nd :Lllow it Ylreedoin to nieve longitudirnLlly, the holt :Lud l 1utterlly11ut heing- :LdzLpted to loel: the seme in :Lny position to whieh it 'muy be zuljusted.

A puir olf breelcets y1 :ire ezuried by the tr11el -ir:u11e :Ldjueent to the wheels :Lnd in position to be borne upon by the bracing-strips rf on the eruflsol' the eross-pieeeoll the semper :Lnd ununtein the lo1i|`e-edge of the lutter in bearing relzLtion with the wheels. rl`he lower end ol the tongue :Lnd the oross-pieee thereon be:Lr1,lp '1n the under side ot the end eross-b:1,r., thereby st nLdying the se w:iperlf'lfhet l elninl i.' es Follows:

l 'lheeolubinationwith:Lt1'uel ,of:tseruper consistingI of :L tongue extendiilg longitudi nelly to the trueh; :L eross-pieee li'orined rigidly upon one end ote the tongue.:L11d having one edge sharpened :1nd :uhLpted to beer upon the perimeter ol.' the trunk-whe 1ls; :1nd 1ne:1,ns:1,d justnlnly seem-ing' sueh sereper to the truek, substantially:Ls described :Lnd for the purpose set l'orth.

2. 'Alhe combination with :Ltr11el ,ol`user: ,per consisting ol :L tongue exteruling longitiuli nelly to the trueh; neross-pieee lorined rigidly upon one end ol the tongue :,nd l'uLring one edge slu11r1j1ened :Lnd :ulzLpted to heur upon the perimeter olf the truelvwheels; uienns :1dj11st- :Lbly seeuring the sernper to the trruih; :Lnd n1 :uns for lbrneing the seruper, substnntiully :1s described :Lnd for the purpose set Forth.

3. 'l`l1e eonibinzitiou with e truck hzLring :L series el Cross-pie@ is extemling p:L1':llel to the :Lxis of its wheels, ol' :L ser: per Consisting ola :1, tongne/I having :L downweri lly--inelined erosspieee vr/ :Lt one end, such cross-piece huviug ils outer edge shurpened, :L puir ol ln'neing-strips v7 extending Vfreni the opposite ends ol this eross-pieee :Lnd penllel to the tongue, sueh tongue being slotted in position to eoinede with one of the erossdntrsolf the truehflfwune,

a bolt projecting' through the cross-bm' and In testimony whereof I have axed mysgslotted tongue and hzwmg L1 nut thx-ended nature in presence of two witnesees.

thereon, and bezung-brackets p carried by w ,f/ the truck-frame adjacent tothe wheels and Ob ALD MALE ARLANE' 5 adapted to be borne upon by the bmeng- Ttneesesz stmps, substzmtlally as described und for the LAURA BloUoMBER, purpose set forth. 1 ALnxANDm-l JAPNIS B'IoCoMBmR. 

